Blue-crowned Parakeets, Aratinga acuticauda. There are probably four species of parakeet that have established populations in the south of England, probably descendants from accidental or deliberate releases of captive birds.

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Finding aids

Construction of the Blue whale model, 1937

Thackray, John C. 1998. A Guide to the Official Archives of The Natural History Museum, London. London: Society for the History of Natural History of behalf of The Natural History Museum

Thackray, John C. 1995. A Catalogue of Portraits, Paintings and Sculpture at The Natural History Museum, London. London: Mansell

Gruber, Jacob W and Thackray, John C. 1992. Richard Owen Commemoration: three studies. London: Natural History Museum Publications

Thackray, John C. 1995. A Catalogue of Manuscripts and Drawings in the General Library of The Natural History Museum, London. London: Mansell

Harvey, Julie M V, Gilbert, Pamela and Martin, Kathy S. 1996. A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Entomology Library of The Natural History Museum, London. London: Mansell

Information on how to purchase these books can be found on the Publishing Division web pages. The books can be found in the History of Science booklist in the Publishing catalogue.

The catalogues of the Museum Archives are being incorporated into the online Catalogue at the National Archives. Search under our departmental code of ‘DF’.

Sources for scientists’ papers outside the Museum

Bridson, Gavin D R, Phillips, Valerie C and Harvey, Anthony P. 1980. Natural history manuscript resources in the British Isles. London: Mansell

The National Register of Archives has an online database at http://www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra

Bright Sparcs – for the papers of antipodean scientists http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/bsparcshome.htm 

National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/bsparcshome.htm

Archives Hub – the gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/NCUACS

UK National Digital Archive of Datasets (UK NDAD) – archival digital data from UK government departments and agencies http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk

Access to Archives (A2A) – the archival network for England, a database of catalogues from archival bodies across the country http://www.a2a.org.uk

MALVINE – ‘Manuscripts and Letters via Integrated Networks in Europe’, a network of European libraries, archives, documentation centres and museums http://www.a2a.org.uk 

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